Farm-gate.



PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906.

J. W. SHERWOOD. FARM GATE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28.1906.

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JOSIAH W. SHERWOOD, OF GREEN LAKE, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO ELIZA S. SHERWOOD, OF GREEN LAKE, MICHIGAN.

FARM-GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed April 28. 1906. Serial No- 314,300.

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Beit known that I, JOSIAH W. SHERWOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Green Lake, in the county of Allegan and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in farm-gates; and its objects are, first, to provide a means for adjusting the strain upon the wires in a frameless farm-gate and, second, to provide a means of closing and fastening the gate that will not necessitate exact measurements between the supporting-posts. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a gate upon its supporting-posts. Fig. 2 is a plan of the lower fastening device. Fig. 3 is a plan of the upper fastening device, and Fig. 4; is an elevation of the back hinge for supporting the upper end of the supporting-bar B.

Similar letters refer to similar throughout the several views.

The gate consists of a series of, wires secured at one end to the upright bar B and at the other end to the upright bar B, which latter bar is permanently supported in the boxes G G on the post A. The box G is made in two pieces, the piece 9 being detachable from the portion G, so that the bar may be readily removed at pleasure. The portion 9 is secured to place by means of a bolt inserted at g and is so constructed that if the box is one side up it will be supported from turning by the rib h and if the other side is up or reversed it will be supported by the inclined surface it, the two holding it firmly to place, no matter which side up it may be. The bar B may be held firmly to' place, so that it cannot slide downward, either by means of a key, as b, or by screwing the por tion 9 firmly against it.

My appliance for straining and fastening the gate to place consists of an upper box F and a lower box E. In the lower box I place a horizontal bar D, that passes through the box and is provided with a hole cl through one end for the reception of the lower end of the bar B. This horizontal bar is provided with a series of notches d for the reception of a key d and is so arranged that the end of the bar at (i may be adjusted to the desired parts I distance from the post A to properly receive the end of the bar B even though the length of the wires is such that it would be difficult 01 make them engage without this adjustai ity.

In the box F, I place a sliding horizontal bar 0, having a hook c at one end and pro vided with small apertures 0 through the body at intervals, so that the eccentric E may be secured at different distances from the hook c to correspond with the relative length of the wires H and the distance apart of the posts A A, so that the bar B may be engaged by the hook on the bar C without special regard to the relative distances hereinbefore mentioned. It is designed that the eccentric E shall act upon the edge of the box F, so that afirm substantial bearing is always insured.

The box E may be so formed that the key will pass through the notches in the bar I) back of the box, as in Fig. 1, or through between two portions of the box, as in Fig. 2. The latter is considered the most convenient, as with it there is no danger of the bar sliding back when released from the strain of the gate when it is removed for opening.

The principal object of constructing the box G in two pieces, as hereinbefore described, is to enable me to place the box below the upper strand of wire or between any two strands of wire on the gate and place the box or remove it from around the bar B without trouble, which could not be done with a solid box like G.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentof the United States, is-

1. In combination with a frameless gate, a lower box a horizontal bar passing through said box and having a hole through one end and notches in the body, and a key for securing said bar to place an upper box, a horizontal bar passing through said box and hav ing a hook at one end and holes at intervals through the body of the bar, an eccentric pivoted to said bar through one of said holes and arranged to actuate said bar by action upon the edge of the box, substantially as described and shown.

2. In combination with a frameless gate, supporting-bars connected by longitudinal wires, boxes for permanently securing one of said bars, one of said boxes being divided, a

box and upper sliding bar at the opposite end length of the gate and secure it to place, sub- 10 of the gate, said bar having a hook at one end stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

and holes at intervals in the bar, an eccentric Signed at Grand Rapids, Michigan, April pvolted to said bar in position to epgagle one 6, 1906. o t e gate-bars at the u per en a ower horizontal bar, a supporting-box therefor, JOSIAH SHERWOOD said bar having a hole through one end and In presence of notches in the body, and a key engaging one u I. J. OILLEY,

of said notches to adjust said bar to thel LOU OILLEY. 

